Hartford is one of five
unincorporated villages in the
town
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The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
of
Hartford
Hartford is the List of capitals in the United States, capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, Connecticut, Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 ce ...
,
Windsor County,
Vermont
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, United States. For the
2020 census it was listed as the Hartford Village
census-designated place
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, with a population of 754,
out of 10,686 in the entire town of Hartford.
Hartford is the birthplace of
Horace Wells, the first dentist to use
nitrous oxide
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or "laughing gas" as
anesthesia
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.
[Horace Wells]
, Encyclopædia Britannica
History
Hartford village was first established in the late 18th century, when it was called White River Village. In its early years, it was the town's principal community center, but it was later supplanted in that role by
White River Junction
White River Junction is an unincorporated village and census-designated place (CDP) in the New England town, town of Hartford, Vermont, Hartford in Windsor County, Vermont, Windsor County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,528 at the ...
, which is approximately one mile east of Hartford village. In the 19th century Hartford village was the site of several industries, including a
grain mill
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, a chair factory, and a
woolen
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mill
Mill may refer to:
Science and technology
* Factory
* Mill (grinding)
* Milling (machining)
* Millwork
* Paper mill
* Steel mill, a factory for the manufacture of steel
* Sugarcane mill
* Textile mill
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* Mill, the arithmetic ...
.
[
]
Hartford Village Historic District
The Hartford Village Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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in 1998.[Lisa Mausolf (1997)]
Hartford Village Historic District National Register Nomination Information
retrieved from Connecticut River Joint Commissions website, July 5, 2009 The historic district
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includes portions of Hartford Main Street, Park Street, Pleasant Street, School Street, Summer Street, Elmwood Court, Mapleside Terrace.[ There are 80 contributing and 20 non-contributing buildings in the district, consisting mainly of 19th-century era residences.
Some of the more significant properties in the historic district are:][
# Second Congregational Church, 237 Hartford Main Street, 1828.
# Hartford Library, 217 Hartford Main Street, 1893.
# Gov. Samuel E. Pingree House, 13 School Street, c.1867.
# Hartford Village Grammar School, 23 School Street, 1906.
# Cascadnac Grange, 194 Hartford Main Street, c.1870.
# Hartford Diner, 190 Hartford Main Street, c.1940.
# Kneeland-Cone House, 173 Hartford Main Street, 1804, 1890/1897.
# Wyllys Lyman House, 185 Hartford Main Street, 1828.
# Brooks Store-Pease Block, 201-203 Hartford Main Street, c.1900.
# French Mercantile Block, 209 Hartford Main Street, 1804.
# Horace Pease House ("Sunnyacre")/Elks Lodge, 215 Hartford Main Street, 1884.
# Ephraim Morris House, 221 Hartford Main Street, 1894.
# House (Horace Wells birthplace), 9 School Street, c.1840.
]
See also
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References
External links
Town of Hartford, Vermont (official site)
Hartford Area Chamber of Commerce
Hartford Historical Society
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Hartford, Vermont
Unincorporated communities in Vermont
Unincorporated communities in Windsor County, Vermont
Census-designated places in Vermont
Census-designated places in Windsor County, Vermont
Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Vermont
National Register of Historic Places in Windsor County, Vermont
Historic districts in Windsor County, Vermont